Taverne du Passage, Restaurant in Brussels, Belgium
Taverne du Passage is a restaurant in Art Deco style located at Galerie de la Reine 30 in Brussels, inside the Galeries Royales Saint-Hubert. The dining room features checkered floor tiles, wooden benches, and white tablecloths, with a gold origami installation on the ceiling that echoes the covered gallery just outside.
The restaurant opened in 1928 and has operated inside the same gallery ever since, making it one of the oldest continuously running restaurants in Brussels. It went through bankruptcy at some point but was able to reopen, continuing with largely the same look it had from the start.
The Taverne du Passage sits inside the Galerie de la Reine, a covered shopping gallery in central Brussels, which gives the restaurant a setting unlike a typical city eatery. Many regulars are longtime locals, and the crowd tends to be older, which adds to the sense that this is a place rooted in daily Brussels life rather than passing tourism.
The restaurant is open every day from noon until late evening, so it works for both lunch and a longer dinner. Booking a table in advance is a good idea, especially during busy periods or on weekends.
Until the 1990s, the restaurant was known for having one of the finest wine cellars in Belgium, a reputation that has since faded and led many guests to order a local beer like Orval instead. Since 2009, it has been part of the Accueil and Tradition label, a group of ten restaurants in the historic center of Brussels that share a commitment to traditional welcome and cooking.
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